Binder

ABSTRACT

A semi permanent magazine binding device is provided for attachment to a binder cover for retaining in sequence periodicals such as magazines and for locking the same against removal or loss from the binder. By means of a special key or tool the semi permanent binder may be unlocked and magazine straps may be removed from a magazine retaining position to a release position at which the periodicals may be removed; and the semi permanent binder reused again. A low cost construction is provided by a rectangular tray base on which are pivotally mounted support rods which carry the magazine straps. The support rods are locked to retain magazine straps by a locking slide means carried on a wall of the tray base.

United States Patent Nesmith, Jr. [4 1 May 22, 1973 i541 BINDER [76] Inventor: Charles A. Nesmith, Jr., c/o Stop- Pr"71aryExam",wr Luls Mancene penbeck B o 0108i defy Box 656 Assistant ExamznerD. L. weinhold gloomington, L 61701 AttorneyFitch, Even, Tabin & Luedeka [22] Filed: Apr. 26, 1971 [5 ABSTRACT [21] Appl.No.: 137,417 A semi permanent magazine binding device is provided for attachment to a binder cover for retaining in sequence periodicals such as magazines and for [22] ..l.;....281/47 locking the Same against removal or loss from the I! l binder. means ofa p c y or tool the i p [5 Field of Search ..402/45, 281/47, 45 manem binder may be unlocked and magazine straps may be removed from a magazine retaining position to [56] Refermc C'ted a release position at which the periodicals may be UNITED STATES PATENTS removed; and the semi permanent binder reused again. A low cost construction is provided by a rectan- 706,257 8/1902 Reed ..281/47 gular tray base on which are pivotally mounted sup- 1,546,829 7/1925 port rods which carry the magazine straps. The sup- 2,668,54l 2/1954 Anglin ..402/45 ort rods are locked to retain magazine straps by a Bl'OOk locking lide means carried on a wall of thg tray base. 962,460 6/1910 Patterson ..281/47 2,784,522 3/1957 Bergman ..281/47 4 Claims, 3 Drawing Figures BINDER This invention relates to a magazine binding device which is fastenable to an inner backing portion of a notebook like binder in which a series of magazines or other periodicals are held by magazine carrying straps against theft or removal from the binder.

The present invention is directed to a semipermanent, magazine storage binder in which releasable magazine carrying straps are locked against movement to release magazines for unauthorized removal from the binder. This is in contrast to conventional non-locking kinds of temporary binders from which magazines may be easily removed by anyone who would care to remove a magazine from the binding device. Additionally, the releasable magazine locking straps of the semi-permanent binder may be unlocked with a key or suitable tool and swung to a release position and the magazines removed. On the other hand, in a permanent book kind of binder none of the magazines may be removed without destroying the binder.

A semipermanent magazine binder of this kind is particularly useful for libraries in that periodicals may be maintained in sequence and are safe from removal or loss from the binder. When the retention period for the periodicals in the semi-permanent binder has expired, the periodicals may be removed and the semi permanent binder may be reused by the library. The problem of missing issues as well as the cost of replacing the missing issues of periodicals are avoided and this is of considerable importance to librarians.

A further consideration in the commercial acceptance of a semi-permanent magazine binder of the foregoing kind is that it be produced economically and that it be relatively simple in operation. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, a simple inexpensive locking means is made with relatively few and simple elements which can be manufactured and assembled at a reasonable manufacturing cost.

Accordingly, a general object of the invention is to provide a new and improved magazine binding device of the foregoing kind.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings in which:

FIG. 1 is a fragmentary perspective view of a binder having a binding device embodying the invention;

FIG. 2 is a fragmentary, sectional view taken substantially along the line 2-2 of FIG. 1; and

FIG. 3 is a fragmentary sectional view showing the magazines locked in the binder.

As shown in the drawings for purposes of illustration, the invention is embodied in a binder having a magazine binding device 11 for supporting in parallel sequential positions a series of magazines 12 with backs 13 of the magazines disposed closely adjacent a tray base 14 which is fastened such as by rivets 15 to a central section 16 of a notebook like cover 17. The cover 17 has a pair of leaves 19 and 21 which are hinged along fold lines 23 adjacent longitudinally extending edges of the tray base for swinging to be generally perpendicular to the central section 16 to define a protective cover for the sides of the magazines therein. Each of the magazines is held by a magazine supporting strap 25 which is elongated and extends across and through pages of the magazine with opposite ends thereof secured to support rods 27 which are pivotally mounted on the tray base. More specifically, the magazine supporting straps 25 have apertures 28 therein to receive free ends 30 of the support rods 27.

In accordance with the present invention, the magazines 12 are locked against removal (except when unlocked by the owner) from the binding device 11 by a locking means 31 which includes a slide means 33 for interlocking engagement with the free ends 30 of the support rods and which further includes fasteners 35 threaded through the slide means and into the tray base 14. The fasteners may be in the form of headed set screws which may be unscrewed only with use of an Allen head wrench, a tool as not as likely to be carried by patrons of the library as would be a coin or a knife for turning a conventional slotted head screw.

Also, of importance to the invention is the low cost construction of the tray base 14 which is in the form of multiple function tray having an upstanding rear wall 39 on which are hinged the support rods 27 while a parallel front wall 40 of the tray has upwardly opening slots 43 to receive the free ends 30 of the support rods 27. Also, the front wall slidably supports the slide means 33 and receives in threaded engagement the fasteners 35. Also, as will be explained in greater detail, struck out portions 47 of the rear wall 39 mount the support rods 27 for pivotal movement between locking and release positions.

To achieve a low-cost product, the tray is preferably formed from a single piece of sheet metal with the front and rear walls 39 and 40 bent upwardly along parallel longitudinally extending edges of a rectangular bottom 49 for the tray. At opposite ends of the bottom 49, cross walls 51 and 53 are bent upwardly to define a four sided enclosure for the magazine backs which makes it more difficult to slide the magazine pages from beneath the magazine carrying straps 25 and from the tray base 14.

In the embodiment of the invention illustrated in FIG. 1, the support rods 27 are integral with a central longitudinally extending leg 55 which extends along the inner side of the rear tray wall 39. The support rods 27 and the central leg 55 form a U-shaped, bail 57 with the rods 27 projecting at right angles to the central leg 55. When one of the support rods 27 is grasped and is swung, simultaneously the other leg is swung through the same arc. The struck out portions 47 of the rear wall 39 are bent about to the underside of the central leg 55 to support the same for turning movement. More particularly, the struck out portions 47 includes an upper generally horizontal disposed portion 63, which is integral with and extends outwardly from the top of the rear wall 39, a downwardly extending projection 65, and a reversely turned projection 67 disposed beneath the central leg 55. Preferably, at least two such struck out portions 47 are provided for supporting leg 55 adjacent opposite ends thereof.

For the purpose of locking the free ends 30 of the support rods 27 in the upwardly opening slots 43 in the front wall 40, the slide means 33 is provided with horizontally elongated, locking slots 71 which will capture the free ends of the support rods and prevent their upward movement which is necessary to lift the magazine carrying straps 25 from their positions holding the magazine back 13 against the tray bottom 49. More specifically, the slide means includes a pair of separate horizontally slidable locking slides 73 mounted on the front wall 40 for sliding movement between the release position in which the rods 27 may be lifted above the front wall and a locking position in which the rodsmay be captured within the locking slots 71. In the locking position, a portion 74 of the slide overlies the top of a rod 27 and prevents lifting of the rod therepast.

The illustrated locking slides 73 are channel shaped and are guided for horizontal sliding movement by means of upper and lower flanges 75 and 77 which project across and engage the upper and lower edges of the front tray wall 40 and which prevent a pivoting of the locking slides 73 about the set screw fasteners 35. The latter have an outer head 79 and a threaded shank which projects into an elongated opening 81 in each locking slide. The shank of each fastener is threaded into a hole in the front tray wall 40, the holes locating the set screws at predetermined distances from the upwardly opening slots 43 and thereby constraining the locking slides to movements between the open and closed positions.

The enlarged heads 79 of the fasteners abut the outer sides of the locking slides 73 and constrain the slides. When the fasteners 35 are tightened, the heads 79 thereof frictionally grip and hold the locking slides against shifting along the front wall of the tray. By loosening the set screws with the proper tool, such as an Allen head wrench, the slides may be moved between release or locking positions.

A plurality of magazine straps 25 are provided for each tray base 14 and they are preferably identically formed from elongated thin strips of metal. The illustrated magazine straps are relatively thin in cross section to facilitate insertion into the centerfold of the magazine 12 with the ends of the strap projecting beyond the top and bottom edges of the magazine to position the apertures 28 in the ends of the straps to receive the supporting rods 27.

The particular length of the strap 25 and tray base 14 depends upon the size of the magazines, it is designed to hold. Likewise the width of the tray between the front wall and the rear wall 39 is dependent upon the number of pages expected and the number of magazines to be contained within a binding device 11.

From the foregoing, it will be seen that the present invention provides a semi-permanent magazine binding device in which the magazine straps may be locked against removal so that the magazines will be held within the binders. On the other hand, when the retention period for the periodicals has expired, the periodicals may be replaced and the semi-permanent binder may be reused by the library. The preferred and temporary binder is very simple in construction and in operation to provide a suitable low-cost product.

While a preferred embodiment has been shown and described, it will be understood that there is no intent to limit the invention by such disclosure but, rather, it is intended to cover all modifications and alternate constructions falling within the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

I. A binder for temporarily holding a number of magazines comprising a cover having a pair of folded wings and a binding device secured to said cover, said binding device comprising an elongated tray base having a generally elongated rectangular bottom wall, means fastening said bottom wall to said cover, an upstanding front wall bent upwardly along one parallel edge of said bottom wall and extending longitudinally of said tray base, an upstanding rear wall bent upwardly from another edge of said bottom wall and extending parallel to said front wall, a U-shaped bail member having a central leg extending longitudinally along and mounted on said rear wall for turning movement, a pair of support rods on said U-shaped bail member integrally joined to and projecting normal from opposite ends of said central leg and swingable between an upper release position and a lower locking position extending transversely of said tray base, elongated magazine supporting straps formed with openings in opposite ends thereof for receiving said support rods, said straps being positionable between pages of the magazine for holding the back of the magazine between it and said bottom wall of said tray base, a locking slide means slidably mounted on said front wall for movement between a locking position and a release position, said front wall having upwardly opening slots therein at longitudinally spaced locations for receiving the free ends of said support rods, said slide means having horizontally extending slots therein to receive free ends of the support rods to prevent upward movement of said free ends from said upwardly opening slot in said front wall, and a tool operated means on said tray base for locking said slide means in said locking position to prevent unauthorized movement of said slide means to the release position without use of a tool to unlock said slide means.

2. A binder in accordance with claim 1 in which said tool operated means on said tray base comprises screw fastener means threaded into said front wall and having portions thereof engaged with said locking slide means for locking the same when said screws are tightened, said screws having sockets therein for being turned by an Allen head tool to release said slide means for shifting to the release position.

3. A binder device for temporarily holding a number of magazines comprising: an elongated tray base having a generally elongated rectangular bottom wall, an upstanding front wall bent upwardly along one parallel edge of said bottom wall and extending longitudinally of said tray base, an upstanding rear wall bent upwardly from another edge of said bottom wall and extending parallel to said front wall, a U-Shaped bail member having a central leg extending longitudinally along and mounted on said rear wall for turning movement, a pair of support rods on said U-shaped bail member integrally joined to and projecting normal from opposite ends of said central leg and swingable between an upper release position and a lower locking position extending transversely of said tray base, elongated magazine supporting straps formed with openings in opposite ends thereof for receiving said support rods, said straps being positionable between pages of the magazine for holding the back of the magazine between it and said bottom wall of said tray base, a locking slide means slidably mounted on said front wall for movement between a locking position and a release position, said front wall having upwardly opening slots therein at longitudinally spaced locations for receiving the free ends of said support rods, said slide means having horizontally extending slots therein to receive free ends of the support rods to prevent upward movement of said free ends from said upwardly opening slot in said front wall, and a tool operated on said tray base for locking said slide means in said locking position to prevent unauthorized movement of said slide means to the release position without use of a tool to unlock said slide means.

4. A binder device in accordance with claim 3 in which said tool operated means on said tray base comprises screw fastener means threaded into said front 5 tion.

wall and having portions thereof engaged with said 

1. A binder for temporarily holding a number of magazines comprising a cover having a pair of folded wings and a binding device secured to said cover, said binding device comprising an elongated tray base having a generally elongated rectangular bottom wall, means fastening said bottom wall to said cover, an upstanding front wall bent upwardly along one parallel edge of said bottom wall and extending longitudinally of said tray base, an upstanding rear wall bent upwardly from another edge of said bottom wall and extending parallel to said front wall, a U-shaped bail member having a central leg extending longitudinally along and mounted on said rear wall for turning movement, a pair of support rods on said U-shaped bail member integrally joined to and projecting normal from opposite ends of said centraL leg and swingable between an upper release position and a lower locking position extending transversely of said tray base, elongated magazine supporting straps formed with openings in opposite ends thereof for receiving said support rods, said straps being positionable between pages of the magazine for holding the back of the magazine between it and said bottom wall of said tray base, a locking slide means slidably mounted on said front wall for movement between a locking position and a release position, said front wall having upwardly opening slots therein at longitudinally spaced locations for receiving the free ends of said support rods, said slide means having horizontally extending slots therein to receive free ends of the support rods to prevent upward movement of said free ends from said upwardly opening slot in said front wall, and a tool operated means on said tray base for locking said slide means in said locking position to prevent unauthorized movement of said slide means to the release position without use of a tool to unlock said slide means.
 2. A binder in accordance with claim 1 in which said tool operated means on said tray base comprises screw fastener means threaded into said front wall and having portions thereof engaged with said locking slide means for locking the same when said screws are tightened, said screws having sockets therein for being turned by an Allen head tool to release said slide means for shifting to the release position.
 3. A binder device for temporarily holding a number of magazines comprising: an elongated tray base having a generally elongated rectangular bottom wall, an upstanding front wall bent upwardly along one parallel edge of said bottom wall and extending longitudinally of said tray base, an upstanding rear wall bent upwardly from another edge of said bottom wall and extending parallel to said front wall, a U-Shaped bail member having a central leg extending longitudinally along and mounted on said rear wall for turning movement, a pair of support rods on said U-shaped bail member integrally joined to and projecting normal from opposite ends of said central leg and swingable between an upper release position and a lower locking position extending transversely of said tray base, elongated magazine supporting straps formed with openings in opposite ends thereof for receiving said support rods, said straps being positionable between pages of the magazine for holding the back of the magazine between it and said bottom wall of said tray base, a locking slide means slidably mounted on said front wall for movement between a locking position and a release position, said front wall having upwardly opening slots therein at longitudinally spaced locations for receiving the free ends of said support rods, said slide means having horizontally extending slots therein to receive free ends of the support rods to prevent upward movement of said free ends from said upwardly opening slot in said front wall, and a tool operated on said tray base for locking said slide means in said locking position to prevent unauthorized movement of said slide means to the release position without use of a tool to unlock said slide means.
 4. A binder device in accordance with claim 3 in which said tool operated means on said tray base comprises screw fastener means threaded into said front wall and having portions thereof engaged with said locking slide means for locking the same when said screws are tightened, said screws having sockets therein for being turned by an Allen head tool to release said slide means for shifting to the release position. 